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Dance Company

The WKU Dance Company is a performance group oriented to training dancers in the skills
of performance through a variety of repertory created by faculty, guest artists and
students. The pre-professional dance student will have the opportunity to develop
practices and technique oriented toward a dance career. Membership in Dance Company
is by audition only.

Each Fall the WKU Dance Company performs:

DanceOut!, an outdoor annual dance concertWinterDance, a Mainstage faculty choreographed concert with one or two selected student piecesLast Chance to Dance (works in progress)

Each Spring our dancers perform:

Other performance opportunities may include:

ACDFA ConferenceCommunity based performances

Choreographic Residencies

Choreographic residencies with guest artists are typically offered at least once per
year. Usually the guest choreographer is in residence for one to two weeks. These
residencies are a high priority for the education of each student.

Guest artists of prominence who have set their work on our students include: Melissa
Lowe-Hancock, Gail Gilbert, Mitzi Adams, Elaine Husted, Jon Finck, Christopher Morgan,
Barbea Williams, James Clouser, and Michelle Gibson